Pretty much every pair of Sketchers shoes now has memory foam soles and everyone seems to think they are great but I hate them.
They are really hot, the foam is like a layer of insulation.
The top of the memory foam soles is somewhat elastic so it’s really smooth and slippery so your socks slide around inside
They are no more comfortable than regular shoes and in fact I think they provide less arch support since they are squishy compared to shoes with harder foam.
And most of all the memory foam gets smashed and wears out in no time with some shoes having the foam glued in so replacing the insole is impossible.
I just can’t fathom how they are so popular.
I couldn’t agree more. I wore a few sketchers in the past and thought the memory foam would give comfort. A month ago I went to a shoe store again and wore another pair of shoes to run, this tme decided to try out other ones. And damn don’t they feel much better than my sketcher pairs I’ve ever wore.
Memory foam anything is terrible.
We don’t need foam or arch support or any of that shit in our shoes, it’s all marketing nonsense. We’ve got muscles in our feet for a reason. Save your feet, knees etc. and buy something like a pair of vivobarefoot shoes.
I suffered with foot and back pain for years until I found arch supports. They make all the difference in the world. I can wear any kind of shoe as long as I put my arch support in it and stand on my feet for 18 hours with no issue.
